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Using Eratosthenes method for measuring the circumference of Earth, Find the Radius of an asteroid in km,if a flag planted at its equator has no shadow and another flag planted 16.3 km to the north at the same time has a shadow of 15.7 Round one place past the decimal.

Name: using eratosthenes method for measuring the circumference of earth find the radius of an asteroid in kmif a flag planted at its equator has no shadow and another flag planted 163 km to the n 85474
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          Using Eratosthenes method for measuring the circumference of Earth, Find the Radius of an asteroid in km,if a flag planted at its equator has no shadow and another flag planted 16.3 km to the north at the same time has a shadow of 15.7 Round one place past the decimal.

using eratosthenes method for measuring the circumference of earth find the radius of an asteroid in kmif a flag planted at its equator has no shadow and another flag planted 163 km to the n 85474

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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young 14th Edition

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Solved by Expert Rahul Kumar

04/27/2022

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Step 1: We know that the flag planted at the equator has no shadow, which means that the angle between the sun and the flag is 90 degrees. Show more…

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Using Eratosthenes method for measuring the circumference of Earth, Find the Radius of an asteroid in km,if a flag planted at its equator has no shadow and another flag planted 16.3 km to the north at the same time has a shadow of 15.7 Round one place past the decimal.